In the midst of escalating tensions, the situation in Gaza has captured global attention. With mounting casualties and accusations, Israel’s actions face international scrutiny.
World Central Kitchen (WCK) founder Jose Andres says this is no longer seems a war against terror…
Israel no longer seems to be defending itself…
Israel seems to be conducting a war against humanity itself..🇵🇸💔 pic.twitter.com/NkhcQqo4nG
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Israel Has Been Accused of War Crimes in Gaza. Could Its Allies Be Next?
When Israel launched its retaliatory war to root out Hamas from Gaza in the aftermath of the group’s Oct. 7 massacre, it had the overwhelming support of a horrified world. Six months on, Gaza lies in ruin. Its 2.3 million population, most of whom have been internally displaced, faces widespread famine. More than 33,000 Palestinians, the majority civilians, have been killed. And Israel, once backed by the full-throttle support of its closest allies, appears more isolated than ever before.
Legal experts tell TIME that the answer largely depends on which laws and treaties one consults. Among the most emphasized is the international Arms Trade Treaty, in which Article 7 requires party states to undertake a risk assessment of all arms transfers—and, where there’s an overriding risk that those arms could be used to commit or facilitate violations of international humanitarian law, to prohibit their export. The U.S. hasn’t been a party to the U.N. treaty since former President Donald Trump withdrew from it in 2019. (Washington does, however, have its own domestic legislation that prohibits it from providing military assistance to foreign military units suspected of committing human rights violations.) But it nonetheless applies to 113 other state signatories, including Germany, which is the second-largest provider of arms to Israel after the U.S. Some countries, including Canada and Italy, have already opted to halt their arms exports to Israel, citing concerns over their compliance with domestic and international law. In the Netherlands, the government was ordered to suspend its delivery of F-35 fighter aircraft after a Dutch court determined that there was a “clear risk” that they could be used to violate international humanitarian law.
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Britain Joins U.S In Turning On Israel
“Rishi Sunak today backed US demands for an immediate Israeli ceasefire in Gaza lasting up to two months that would allow humanitarian aid to enter.
Mr Sunak said his Israeli counterpart Benjamin Netanyahu ‘needs to do more’ to alleviate civilian suffering in the occupied territory during an offensive which has killed tens of thousands.
Mr Biden yesterday used an interview to say that Mr Netanyahu was making ‘mistakes’ in his handling of the military effort to rescue hostages taken by Hamas in its October 7 terror attack.
‘What I’m calling for is for the Israelis to just call for a ceasefire, allow for the next six, eight weeks, total access to all food and medicine going into the country,’ the president told Univision, a US Spanish-language TV network.
Asked if he agreed in a morning interview, Mr Sunak told LBC: ‘Yes, we’ve been very aligned on this.’
He later added: ‘The humanitarian suffering that people are experiencing isn’t right and Prime Minister Netanyahu needs to do more to alleviate that. I’ve made that very clear to him”
Israel bombed a Catholic Church that’s over 1800 years old in Palestine. This was built 1725 years before the Rothschilds invented Israel…
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